Heaven-leigh Meadows
Transportation and logistic
Assignment 8
1. Read Chapter 7 and 8
Chp 7.
Case 7-2
Questions: 1-4
1.If you were the Coe of US Airways, what would you do to confront the competition from
its low-cost competitors?
a. What should be taken into consideration in confronting low-cost competitiors is rather
there are any similarities and or unique services that they offer. Understanding what the
competitors have to offer will help US Airways understand where they stand in the current
market.
2.Can US airways survive by remaining the same carrier it is today?
a. In my personal opinion I find that if US Airways probably not survive. No matter what
the business is it is important to advance and make products better.
3. If you were AirTran, jetBlue, or Southwest, how would you continue to take market
share away from US Airways?
a. As mentioned above the market would continue to share away from US airways, they
must evaluate the similarities and the unique service aspect that the competitors have to
offer in order to maintain.
4. Do American, delta and untied still pose competitive threats to US Airways?
b. Well in the text, the case study appeared to show that US Airway has the highest
operational cost. I think this mainly do to the unionization of their labor. Yes I think is a
threat to Us Airways because the utilize A319 aircraft most.
Chp 8.
Do study questions:
3,7,9 and 10
3. The typical pipeline company has high fixed costs. What economic factors account for
